rasgar Imperfect Conjugation
rasgar — to tear
Rasgar is regular in the imperfect: rasgaba, rasgabas, rasgaba, rasgábamos, rasgabais, rasgaban.
rasgar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a repeated habit of tearing things in the past or an ongoing action (e.g., 'I was tearing the paper when the phone rang').
Notes on rasgar in the Imperfect
This verb is completely regular in the imperfect tense.
Example Sentences
De niño, yo siempre rasgaba mis dibujos.
As a child, I used to always tear my drawings.
yo
Ella rasgaba el papel mientras pensaba.
She was tearing the paper while she was thinking.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros rasgábamos las hojas para jugar.
We used to tear the leaves to play.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'rasgía' instead of 'rasgaba'.
Correct: rasgaba
Why: -ar verbs use -aba endings in the imperfect, while -er/-ir verbs use -ía.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: rasgo
Rasgar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present indicative: rasgo, rasgas, rasga, rasgamos, rasgáis, rasgan.
Preterite
yo: rasgué
Rasgar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'rasgué' to preserve the hard 'g' sound.
Future
yo: rasgaré
The future of rasgar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: rasgaría
The conditional of rasgar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: rasgue
The present subjunctive of rasgar features a 'g' to 'gu' spelling change in all persons: rasgue, rasgues, rasgue, rasguemos, rasguéis, rasguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rasgara
The imperfect subjunctive of rasgar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: rasgara, rasgaras, rasgara, rasgáramos, rasgarais, rasgaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: rasga
The imperative uses 'rasga' (tú) and 'rasgad' (vosotros), while formal and plural commands use the spelling-change 'rasgue/n'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no rasgues
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no', requiring the 'gu' spelling change.